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Paper by H.R. Wilton Hall on church life in Clapham, with emphasis on Evangelicalism, 1890s.

Circular from the "Society for Erecting and Maintaining A Building in the Metropolis For the Meeting of Religious, Charitable, and Scientific Institutions", including plans of the proposed building between Exeter Street and the Strand [later called Exeter Hall, 272 Strand], 1829 and copy of the Ninth Annual Report of the Society For Erecting and Maintaining A Building Called Exeter Hall For the Meeting of Religious, Charitable and Scientific Institutions, 1834.

Copy of the report of the London and Greenwich Railway, read at the first General Half Yearly Meeting of the Proprietors held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate Street, on 9 February 1841.

Records of the Family Welfare Association (FWA), formerly the Charity Organisation Society (COS), comprising records of the Central Office (Ref: A/FWA/C) and records of six FWA Areas in London and their predecessor district committees of the COS (Ref: A/FWA/GL, A/FWA/HF, A/FWA/KW, A/FWA/LS, A/FWA/TH, A/FWA/WA).

The records including administrative papers, annual reports, papers of the Secretary and Director, papers of the Enquiry Department and Registration Department; publications; papers of the Grants Department; papers of the Almshouses Department; case files and financial records.

Records of Farnham United Breweries Limited, including Directors' meeting minute books; press cuttings; agenda book; lists of properties purchased; financial accounts; registers of mortgages and probates; register of sealing.

Records of the Federation of Synagogues, 1887 - 1988. The records include a comprehensive set of minutes of the Federation; a less comprehensive but nonetheless interesting collection of minute books from the individual congregations; and minutes of other institutions connected with the Federation. There are also financial accounts, reports, property files (including synagogue plans), notice books and correspondence files which give a fuller picture of life of the Federation; and records of the East London Mikvah Committee; Federation Burial Society and London Talmud Torah Council.

Records of Felix Calvert and Company, brewers, comprising accounts of beer supplied to customers.

Register of marriages for Feltham United Reformed Church, 1972-1973.

Records of the Ferme Park Baptist Church, Crouch End, including copies of trust deeds, 1873-1933; minutes and papers of Chapel building committee and other committees, 1883-1900; Deacons' Meeting minutes, 1889-1970; Deacons' General Purposes Committee, 1920-1926; Church Meeting minutes, 1889-1969; Church Meeting membership records, 1889-1898; Church Meeting finance, 1924-1972; Sunday School minutes and papers, 1897-1955; Young People's Christian Union minutes and papers, 1911-1934; Social Guild minutes and papers, 1929-1959; Visiting Committee minutes, 1940-1964; Year Books, 1892-1964; magazines and Church newsletters, 1898-1973; pamphlets, press cuttings, service sheets and programmes, 1888-1946 and photographs and slides, 1890s-1973.

Minutes of Minister's House Trust, including minutes of Sutherland Gardens Minister's House Trust, 1890-1964 and Minister's House Trust account Book, 1890-1969.

Records of Ferris Brothers Limited, 1900-1955, including letter books containing mainly estimates and related correspondence; work day books recording brief details of work being done, job by job, together with costs; wages books; and plans including Acton High Street, 1919; Acton Hospital, 1935 and Upper Street, Islington, 1935.

Register of baptisms, 1730-1869; minute books of Church meetings, 1707-1828; minute book of Deacon's meetings, 1838-1867; minute book of Building Committee, 1832-1835; documents relating to lease of Chapel site, 1721-1839; list of Subscribers to the Fetter Lane Auxiliary Missionary Society, 1819-1826; annual report, 1904; papers of the Provident Society, Fetter Lane Chapel, including financial accounts, minutes, reports and membership lists, 1806-1912.

Records of Saint Margaret's Presbyterian Church, later Saint Margaret's United Reformed Church, including Court of Session minute books, 1893-1970; annual reports, 1894-1937; Year Books, 1938-1940 and 1946; Deacon's Court minute books, 1892-1970; Communicants' roll books, 1893-1962 and collections book, 1893-1926.

Records of the Finchley Synagogue, consisting of registers of kethubot [marriage contracts] and marriage authorization certificates, issued by the Chief Rabbi.

PLEASE NOTE: Records can only be accessed with the written permission of the depositor. Contact the Chief Executive, United Synagogue.

Records of the Finsbury Chapel including register of baptisms, 1824-1889; register of marriages solemnized in Finsbury Chapel, 1838-1864; minute book of Managers of Finsbury Chapel, 1835-1841 and 1864-1890; minutes of special meetings of members and seatholders, 1889-1891, including minutes of meetings of trustees concerning closure of chapel and disposal and copy letter of trustees to Reverend J. Vench requesting him to deliver up his keys "also any papers or documents he may have in his possession belonging to the Chapel", and photograph of exterior of chapel, [1890].

Marriage registers for Finsbury Park Congregational Church, Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, 1922-1939.

Records of Finsbury Park Synagogue, including correspondence; kethubot [marriage certificates]; membership payment registers; memorial book; accounts book; educational pamphlets; certificates; and photographs of Synagogue officers.

Certificate of Mrs Jane Leach for £10 share in Finsbury Chapel, Finsbury Circus, 25 Dec 1826, including signature of Chapel founder and trustee Alexander Fletcher.

Records of Weymouth Terrace British School, Shoreditch, 1863-1891.

Account book of the stewards of the First West London Circuit and the Second London Circuit, 1827-1837.

Marriage registers for Forest Gate Congregational Church, Chester Road, 1913-1973, and its successor Plashet Park United Reformed Church, 1973-1990.

Marriage registers for Forest Gate Congregational Church, Sebert Road, Forest Gate, 1950-1972.

Records of Forest Hill Brewery Company Limited, including corporate minutes and registers, share certificates, accounts, trade books and property ledgers.

Records of Franklin and Deacon, architects and surveyors, 1922-1938, consisting of correspondence, tenders, estimates, specifications, plans and photographs of building work carried out at various public houses and other properties in Harrow Weald, East Sheen, Wembley, Regent's Park and Edgware.

Records of Frederick Leney & Sons, brewers, consisting of printed reports and balance sheets for the period of 1925 to 1959.

Marriage registers for Fulham Baptist Church, 1901-1986.

Records of the Fulham Poor Law Union, 1842-1931; including minutes of meetings of the Boards of Guardians; minutes and reports of various Committees; financial accounts; staff records; correspondence with and orders from Government departments; general correspondence, particularly relating to the Belmont Institution; plans of Fulham Workhouse; contracts; orders of removal to and from other Unions; registers of lunatics; receiving officer's report on lunatics; registers of Fulham Palace Road Workhouse and Saint Dunstan's Road Infirmary; registers of apprentices; registers of children in various schools, institutions and children's homes.

Marriage registers and magazines for Fulham Congregational Church, Dawes Road, 1911-1942.

Records of Fuller, Smith and Turner Ltd, brewers, 1654-1946.

Records of the partnerships, and Brewery management including articles of partnership, 1822-1846; records of partnerships previous to the first partnership of Fuller, Smith, and Turner, 1808-1851; records of the partnerships of Fuller, Smith, and Turner, 1822-1923; valuations of the Griffin Brewery made in connection with changes of partnership, 1782-1845; litigation, 1715-1901; ledgers, 1832-1945.

Records of the Brewery estates, including: title deeds, 1654-1899; title deeds of a private estate of John Bird Fuller, 1675-1842; leases, 1791-1907; documents relating to mortgages, 1715-1861; series of numbered bundles of documents, mainly drafts and correspondence relating to the Brewery estates, 1695-1829; documents, mainly drafts and correspondence, relating to the Brewery estates, 1669-1944; schedules of deeds, 1791-1902; abstracts of title, 1671-1907; sales particulars, 1807-1934; plans, 1840-1903; insurance policies, 1868-1945; documents relating to licences, 1892-1946.

Also printed items, 1803-1946.

Records relating to land owned by Fulwell Hall Gospel Temperence Mission, Fulwell Road, Teddington, comprising Charity Commission order approving the sale of land at the rear of Fulwell School Hall, Fulwell Road, Teddington, 1961; abstract of title to the land, with plan, 1961 and conveyance, 1961.

Papers, 1663-1889, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, including conveyances by lease and release, wills and bequests, bonds, indentures of fine, mortgages and exemplifications of common recovery relating to the Cross Keys Inn and adjoining premises, Uxbridge. Also sales catalogues for various properties and copies of wills.

Records of George Raggett and Sons Limited, brewers, including Directors' and general meeting minutes; certificate of incorporation; correspondence related to balance sheets, accounts and liquidation and private ledger.

Registers of marriages, George Street Congregational Church, Croydon, 1957-1962.

Records of Michael Gibbon, innkeeper of Holborn, comprising three account books showing that as well as managing the inn and busy livery stable - sending horses to grass on 'the Marshes' - Gibbons undertook varied purchases and commissions for his customers, many of whom were from Gray's Inn across the road, and also from other Inns of Court. One of his customers Denzil Suckling, a member of the Middle Temple, appears to have acted as trustee for a young girl, Sophia Bright; Gibbons' accounts include payment for her schooling, clothing and medical care.

Records of Gladstone Park Synagogue, consisting of a minute book.

PLEASE NOTE: Records can only be accessed with the written permission of the depositor. Contact the Chief Executive, United Synagogue.

Records of Joseph Godwin, alehouse keeper, including financial account books; inventories of furniture and fixtures; agreements; licences and leases.

Letterbooks of Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, 1805-1856 and undated but dating largely from the period 1828-1835, mainly comprising letters to Goldsmid concerning his interests and activities in Jewish emancipation, social and educational reform, including the foundation of the University of London. The writers (c350 in total) include Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, 1830, 1833; Peter Bedford, 1832; Henry Peter Brougham, Baron Brougham and Vaux, 1828-1839 and undated; Sir Francis Burdett, Baronet, 1830, 1833; Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, 1835 and undated; Michael Faraday, 1831; Henry Richard Vassall Fox, 3rd Baron Holland, 1828-1840 and undated; Elizabeth Fry, 1829, 1833 and undated; Sir Robert Grant, 1830-1834 and undated; Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, 1832-1834; William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, 1835; Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay, undated; Thomas Robert Malthus, 1827; Harriet Martineau, 1834 and undated; Daniel O'Connell, 1829; Robert Owen, 1830 and undated; David Ricardo, 1823; Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, 1834-1841; Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, 1828, 1833; and many other public figures including politicians, aristocrats, members of the royal family, reformers, churchmen, and prominent Jewish figures. There are a few letters from Goldsmid, 1828-1856 and undated, and other documents, including one concerning places of worship in Old and New Lanark, 1823; London University share certificate, 1826; and a copy petition to (Sir) Robert Grant on behalf of the Jewish Disabilities Bill, 1833.

Records of the Good Shepherd Mission Church, Wood Green, including register of baptisms; registers of church services; Parochial Church Council minutes and papers relating to the organist and choirmaster.

Records of Goodhews Limited, brewers, consisting mainly of minutes from the meetings of the directors of Goodhews Limited and later the subsidiary companies of Goodhews (Holdings), Goodhews (Caterers), Goodhews (Inns), Goodhews (Castle Richmond) and the Cromwell Hotel (Stevenage) Limited. There are also papers relating to the formation of the Goodhews Company and the sale of R.V. Goodhews' shares in the 1930s.

Marriage registers, 1930-1984.

Papers of the Gordon family of Letterfourie, Banffshire, Scotland, relating to their merchant interests and financial matters, 1735-[1800], comprising, including a bond in £250 of 1735 discharged in 1751 by James Gordon and his son Patrick to John Gordon; two letters from Strauss & Schmidt, Lisbon, to James Gordon, 1763; an invoice and bill of lading, dated Oct 1770, for goods shipped on the Hambro Packet from Hamburg by order of Alexander Gordon & Co., Madeira; a letter from C. Grant, Edinburgh, to James Gordon, 7 Dec 1785; two receipts of 1799 for money paid by a Mrs. Gordon; and a letter from James and Alexander Gordon at school to their parents in Letterfourie, [1800].
The collection also contains material not apparently relating to the Gordon family: accounts of John Scott, vintner in Portsoy, 'for Letterfouries servants and horses when sundry times in Banff', 22 Dec 1798-3 Jun 1799; a 'Certificate of the term of payment of Lady Fraiser [of Durris]'s annuities, 19 Nov 1776, signed by the town clerk of Aberdeen; and a receipt of 1780 for payment for goods bought from E. Fielder, stationer, London, by a Mr. Ruddick. The connection between the Gordon items and the last two items is unknown.

Register of deaths at the Gordon Road Workhouse, Camberwell, 1880-1907.

Records of Gordon's Brewery, 1860-1982, comprising a contract for sinking a well at the brewery premises; photocopy of photographs of Alexander Gordon and staff of brewery; copy of coloured illustration of brewery premises in Caledonian Road; copy of article on history of the company taken from the Labologists Society Journal and copy of cutting from The Building and Engineering Times 1882 regarding the entrance gates to Brewery with copy engraving.

Minutes of Trustees' Meetings for the Great Queen Street Circuit, 1880-1900; minutes and correspondence of the Finance Committee, 1954-1964; Trust correspondence, 1951-1966; minutes of Leaders' Meetings, 1904-1924; Sunday School admission register, 1903-1920; minutes of Trustees' Meetings, 1953-1974; minutes of Sunday School Council, 1925-1973.

Records of the Great Synagogue, consisting of minutes of the Committee of the Great Synagogue; Vestry minutes; Financial Committee minutes; Building Committee minutes; laws and rules of the Great Synagogue; letter books; wills and bequests; registers of distribution of unleavened bread at Passover and of Passover flour; title deeds for property at Duke's Place; financial accounts; financial accounts of the Burial Society; papers relating to charities; notices and circulars; and registers of kethubot [marriage contracts] and chalitzah undertakings.

PLEASE NOTE: Records can only be accessed with the written permission of the depositor. Contact the Chief Executive, United Synagogue.

Records of the Greenwich Poor Law Union, 1836-1946, including minutes of meetings of the Board of Guardians; reports and minutes of various Committees; orders of government departments; correspondence with government departments; orders of removal to and from the Union; medical relief registers; registers of lunatics; lunatic reception orders; register of emigration; registers for the Hospital and Infirmary on Vanburgh Hill; registers for the Woolwich Road Workhouse (later the Woolwich Institution), the Grove Park Workhouse and the Plumstead Workhouse; registers of baptisms in Saint Alfege's Hospital; registers of apprentices; registers of children at South Metropolitan School District schools; financial accounts and staff records.

Register of baptisms, 1857-1919 and programme card for services at closing of Church, 1920.

Records of Greville Place Congregational Church, Kilburn, including volumes containing historical account of Church for period 1869-1880, roll of members, 1858-1898 and 1910-1915, register of marriages, 1871-1879, 1894-1895 and 1922-1923, register of baptisms, 1871-1890 and 1907-1923, minutes of church meetings, 1870-1902 and 1911-1924, and newspaper cuttings; Deacon's meetings minute books, 1860-1878 and 1900-1920; minute book of management committee, 1921-1924; correspondence relating to preservation of Church, 1923-1924; volumes of accounts; receipts and expenditure, 1904-1924 and inventory and valuation of Church furniture, 1924.

Records relating to the Bell Brewery, Tottenham, consisting of title deeds for property including documents on the Bell Brewery itself, employee name and wages books from the 1880s through to the 1900s, a claims book (1903-1953) and a summary record of sales from 1934 to 1957.

Records of Grove Park Hospital, including information and instructions for medical staff, 1964; architects plans mostly for upgrading and conversion of hospital, 1975 and subject files, 1954-1975, regarding various topics including Lewisham Group Hospital Management Committee reports, patient complaints, geriatric services, intensive care, nursing education, King's Fund patient survey, National Health Service (NHS) reorganisation and management schemes and structures.

Minute book of the trustees meetings, 1926-1934; correspondence and receipt concerning the minute book, 1927-1928 and register of baptisms, 1848-1932.